水俣病
Meanings
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Minamata disease
A neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning, first identified in Minamata, Japan.
Minamata disease is known as one of the pollution-related diseases.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が水俣病にかかるfor someone to contract Minamata disease
Many fishermen in that region contracted Minamata disease.
- 水俣病を発症するto develop symptoms of Minamata disease
Residents who kept eating the contaminated fish developed Minamata disease.